endemicRhamnaceae
Alphitonia ponderosa
kauila
Endemic to Hawaiʻinative
Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.
Alphitonia ponderosa is a species of flowering tree in the family Rhamnaceae, that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is locally known as kauila, as is the related Colubrina oppositifolia.
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Seasonality
Only 2 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 4 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 42 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 37 · GBIF 72 records
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 14 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Papaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Auwahi · MauiGBIF 4
Makakupa‘ia · MolokaʻiGBIF 4
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Kamiloloa · MolokaʻiGBIF 3
Kamoku · LānaʻiGBIF 3
Pīlaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
North Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāhili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pōhakuao · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wahiawa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiakalua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiGBIF 2
Kalulu · LānaʻiGBIF 2
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Papaʻanui · MauiiNat 1
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Panaʻewa · MauiGBIF 1
Kuʻia · MauiGBIF 1
Kaunolū · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Waikapū · MauiGBIF 1
Kaohai · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Pūehuehunui · MauiGBIF 1
Kapulei · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Mahana · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Kahuku · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kawela · MolokaʻiGBIF 1